The behaviour of stone columns has yet to be captured fully by analytical and numerical
techniques, and predicting column behaviour in soft cohesive soils brings specific …

Pile foundations are usually used when the conditions of the upper soil layers are weak and
unable to support the super-structural loads. Piles carry these super-structural loads deep …

The settlement behaviour of vertically loaded pile groups has been the subject of an
extensive body of research over the past two decades. In particular, this work has identified …

The Engineering of Foundations, Slopes and Retaining Structures rigorously covers the
construction, analysis, and design of shallow and deep foundations, as well as retaining …

Instrumented pile tests are vital to establish the performance of a pile and validate the
assumptions made during initial design. Conventional instrumentation includes vibrating …

The support vector machine (SVM) is a relatively new artificial intelligence technique which
is increasingly being applied to geotechnical problems and is yielding encouraging results …

This study presents a method for estimating the average vertical displacement of energy pile
groups subjected to thermal loads. The method consists of replacing any regular energy pile …

Major offshore and onshore structures, including transport corridors and high-rise buildings,
resting on soft compressible clays are often supported by pile foundations. Apart from the …

There are clear advantages in the establishment of reliable, direct cone penetration test
(CPT) based methods for assessment of the axial capacity of driven piles. These advantages …

Excessive pore-water pressure in soft soil can compromise pile bearing capacity, leading to
foundation failure and posing a risk to structure stability. Hence expedited dissipation of …